It's set to go into effect around June 7 when Apple announces the new iPhone. But, if you have a plan before Monday, you'll be able to keep renewing, at least for a while.

Current subscribers will be able to keep their $30-per-month unlimited plans, even if they renew their contracts. But starting Monday, new customers will have to choose one of two new data plans for all smartphones, including iPhones and BlackBerrys.

So if you've been waiting before signing up for the unlimited plan, this week is the week to do it or the option is gone. The other phone companies are expected to follow AT&T's lead.

You can still get an Android phone with unlimited data. You can choose your carrier from many of the large carriers -- you aren't tied to one. You can choose your phone hardware from a number of different sources. You aren't tied to whatever Apple decides your phone should be. You can put data on the device via an SD card, copy your music directly to the card and voila, it's there. No "ITunes," no big brother Steve Jobs telling you what you can install. Oh, not to mention that most if not all Android devices HAVE an SD Card slot, whereas IPhones don't.

The Android operating system source code is open source, meaning that phone hardware developers can modify the operating system at will to fine tune it to their hardware devices. When will Apple open up their OS source code? The twelfth of never!

Apple has applied the same failed strategy they used in the PC market in the 80's, 90's. While it worked for awhile with the IPhone, Android-based phone sales have now surpassed IPhone sales and I predict will continue to do so. As other manufacturers develop "Pads" I predict those will also take over the IPad market.

And while Android doesn't have as many apps in it's marketplace as Apple does, it's 30-50,000 apps should suffice.

Droid seems to be the way to go....for now, especially if you're interested in unlimited data.

of us checking and comparing our data usage. Call *DATA# on your ATT phone and they will text you your usage so far in the billing cycle.

A couple of us would save money with the new plans. We are well under 2 gig per month. $25 for 2 gig vs. $30 for unlimited would work for me. On average I am only a little bit over the 200mg, so if I have to cut the budget somewhere and really tried I could go with the $15 per month plan. Nice to know.